Summer Craft Beer Festival on Saturday

It will be a craft beer fan’s delight Saturday in Grand Rapids at the fourth annual Summer Craft Beer Festival hosted at John Ball Park.

More than 100 beers, ciders and mead from some of the country’s best breweries will be on-hand for indulging. The beers come from local spots New Holland Brewery and Saugatuck Brewing Company, but also as far west as the Alaska brewing Company and Utah’s Epic Brewing.

The festival lasts from 2-7 p.m., and there will also be food available and live music will be playing.

Tickets are available online at summercraftbeerfestival.com. Register in advance for $30 and get a commemorative glass and 15 drink tickets, and $35 for the day of the event. VIP ticks are $45 in advance and $50 on Saturday. That includes access into the VIP tent, a $5 food voucher and 20 sample tickets.

Antlerless deer license applications open

The application period for antlerless deer licenses is now open through Aug. 15. Hunters may apply for one license in any open Deer Management Unit statewide. A nonrefundable $5 fee is charged at the time of application.

You may apply for one private-land or public-land license at mdnr-elicense.com/Welcome/Default.aspx.

Antlerless deer quotas have been reduced to about 494,000 licenses statewide, down from about 550,000 for 2013. In the Upper Peninsula, licenses are available only in DMUs 122, 055 and 155 and have been eliminated in other Upper Peninsula DMUs due to the severe winter of 2013-2014 and the resulting losses in the deer herd.